San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-09-24
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.

In hurts n fool to tickle him with a
straw. IL Is not intended to say that
all Grand Army tTaduoers are fools.
The Texas steer is again on his
travels. Yesterday he tackled an FL
Paso train and tossed the engine and
tender in the ditch, merciiully sparing
the engineer and fireman.
DOFs the Crier who cries make way
for the hotel committee" insinuate that
some obstruction IL placed in the street
TO block up their progress? IL so, let the
little man point out the obstruction and
the steam roller will be set to work TO
grind it into DIT 81.
THAT Kerrville barbecue seems to
have taken the cakes. All along the
lines OF the San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass, road the people are congratulate
ing themselves upon the beef and bread
and mountain air OF that hitherto too in
accessible town.
FoRT WORM has been bidding for
notoriety and gets it. Some OF it is no
toriously bad. Between its train rob-
Bers, its hell's half acre and general
rOwdyism and cussedness, Ii can afford
more employment for the criminal
courts than any other three cities OF Its
size in Texas.
The Waco Examiner has the wool of
San Antonio drawn so far over its eyes
that il cannot see any other thing in the
Alamo City than its wool industry, and
fOndly imagines that this Is all San An
tonic has to offer. A trip to this city
would open the Examiners eyes so
wide that he would not sleep for week
PRYOR has hit the nail on the bead.
The constitutionality of the law under
which the dynamiters was convicted
must be passed upon by the United
States supreme court, II any action is
taken by them at all. How about the
cOnstitutiOnality of throwing deadly
dynamite bombs in q crowded market
square?
The old Iron Brigade of Wisconsin has
done itself proud in refusing to re-elect
Gen. Brigg. tine defender of the pension
vetoes. He WAS the only officer OF the
Brigade not reelected. The real atti-
tude of the Grand Army may come
powerfully creeping through the roots
OF these fellows hair some of these
days.
IT was unkind in sister Cleveland to
snub Mrs. Foraker. Mr.. Foraker's hua-
band saved Mrs. Cleveland's husband
from the gravest mistake Ofhis admins
tration. Had it not been for Mrs. FOrak-
er husband, Mrs. Cleveland's husband
would not have resoinded that battle
flag order unit! it had hurt him. Is the
first lady of the land Jealous OF the fret
lady OF Ohio?
THE Galveston News says this country
"pines for some information as to what
Mr.. Randall intends to let the demo-
cratic party do" II the democratic
party had that information beforehand
it would save them many headache.
Lack of knowledge is what ails the
democracy. This disease they have
fastened on their yitals, and they have
it mighty bad
GLADSTONE in reply to a critic asserts
that he uses the word English" rather
than "BTitish,' because that during
the longest and worst part Of the histO-
~ Of the Irish question the Scotch
people have had no other than O purely
nominal responsibility" The grand
old man uses his words advisedlY. The
Scotch and Welch are a unit in desiring
home rule as we'll az Ireland, and in the
fnllDess OF time 1t must come to them
all.
GEN. PGIOR hugs himself with the de-
luslOn that he secs way OF escape for
the condemned anarchists through the
corridors of the supreme court. This
country has but one wish concerning the
condemned. To afford them eyery
chance TO bubble for their lives until
they exhaust every remedy known to
the courts and then hang every man as
high as Haman who was concerned in
that bOmb-butChery in Haymarket
square.
The Irish News IL anything but re-
assuring. The government prosecutions
are slowly but surely sspping tho very
life blood OF the national endurance, and
bloOdshed Ia sure to follow II Salisbury's
course is persisted in. When the assas-
sins knife and the hedge row ambush,
and the dynamite horror Overtake the
| mysmidOus OF cruelty, the civilized
world will lay the blame at the door of
| governmental expressions and not at
the hearthstone Of the outraged Irish
| peasant.
THE new American party receives O.
very good send-uff from the Chicago
Inter. Ocean. which endorses most Of its
| planks and seems inclined to regard the
new platform with manifest favor. 1t
| takes very much the same ground con-
corning the position OF the American
| party on questions Of citizenship, immi-
gThIlOn' alien lana ownership and pro-
teOtiOn of citizens abrOad-as was taken
by the LIGHT last week in leader on
this new party and its platform. The
Inter-Ocean is Of the opinion that the
reforms indicated in public policy by
the American party platform will be
incorporated into the platforms of the
republican and democratic parties and
the new party cease to be factor polit-
ical.
JAMES G. BLAINE having tasted the
sweets of leizure literary life and feeling
free from the CALLING chains of political
service is gathering material in Europe
for very interesting volume. The con-
illusions OF such an observer on Irish
and continental affairs will be one Of the
marked volumes OF this age. In choosing
thus Mr.. Blaine has chosen wisely for
himself, although his gain is the lose Of
his country at this particular juncture Of
affairs. When James G Blaine stepped
aside from political life more brains
were shelved than can now he found In
the entire Cleveland cabinet.
She Couldn't Understand 1t.
hot L., Ia